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From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
To: kusmabite@gmail.com
Cc: florian.achleitner.2.6.31@gmail.com,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	GIT Mailing-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] remote-testsvn.c: Avoid the getline() GNU extension function
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:19:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <503FA0B4.6010401@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPQNSZfUO-vjVmBU2+CMbxTXMj_HT=cTFfVbnehUjqOL-vkxw@mail.gmail.com>

Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Ramsay Jones
> <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> The getline() function is a GNU extension (you need to define
>> _GNU_SOURCE before including stdio.h) and is, therefore, not
>> portable. In particular, getline() is not available on MinGW.
> 
> Actually, getline is a POSIX-2008 feature, so it's not (simply) a GNU extension:
> 
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getline.html

Thanks for the reference. I hadn't noticed this being included into
POSIX. Well, it's only been four years ... :-D

Thanks again.

ATB,
Ramsay Jones

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-30 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-25 17:13 [PATCH 1/3] remote-testsvn.c: Avoid the getline() GNU extension function Ramsay Jones
2012-08-25 19:03 ` Joachim Schmitz
2012-08-25 19:20 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2012-08-26 17:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-30 17:25     ` Ramsay Jones
2012-08-30 17:19   ` Ramsay Jones [this message]

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